Angolan ‘justice’ in a Portuguese slave house
The irony and the absurdity that the case against journalist Rafael Marques — an opponent of state corruption in Angola — is being heard in a former slave house.
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Sheila Adufutse
Sheila Adufutse is a feminist activist and trained as a project manager.
Decolonizing the University
What to do with the universities South Africa inherited from the violences of Apartheid.
Africa is a Radio: Episode #11
Africa is a Radio has a Football (is a Country) focus this week. Things have been
The African Champions League Final
The Juventus team of Ghana’s Kwadwo Asamoah, Italy’s Angelo Ogbonna and the French pair Patrice Evra and Paul Pogba.
Weekend Music Break No.76
We took a break last week, but we're back experimenting with a new format. This Weekend's Music
Are corrupt Africans really ruining FIFA?
Of course football administrators in predominantly white countries that aren’t Africa have no interest at all in “looking after” their families.
Was the German composer Beethoven, African?
There’s even an album to advance this argument: “Beethoven Was African: Polyrhythmic Piano Sonatas.”
The type of genuine player the world needs to look to
Africa’s representatives at the 2015 Women’s World Cup are Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria. The latter’s chances depends a lot on Asisat Oshoala’s form.
What would a Hillary Clinton win mean for Africa?
Ever more extraction and exploitation, nicely packaged in the optimistic promise of sustainability, ‘good business climates’, partnership, democracy and ‘change’.
Cape Town is Three Countries: Curatorship in times of load shedding
“Load shedding” is a nice South African term for daily deliberate shutdown of electricity supply in
The NBA comes to Africa
An interview with the National Basketball Association’s Vice President in charge of international affairs, Amadou Gallo Fall, about the NBA’s plans for Africa.
The War Story We Need Right Now
The book, ‘Guantanamo Diary’ is an exception about America’s ‘War on Terror’: an account of torture and terror by one its victims.
The Afro-Anarchist’s Guide to Kendrick Lamar
On “To Pimp a Butterfly,” is Kendrick being ironic when he wonders “How Much a Dollar Cost”?
Confessions of three humanitarians
Side-eyeing the UN for abusing its privilege and wasting financial resources on business class flights, and then secretly coveting becoming part of the UN.
Africa is a Country teams up with Coffebeans Routes to present a Cape Town concert series.
This month we will be kicking off a special partnership with Coffeebeans Routes to bring you a
When Germany had its own #RhodesMustFall moment
In 1967, West Germany had its own #RhodesMustFall moment. In September of that year, socialist students
Lucky Bastard
Osekre, whose music is a blend of Afrobeat and ska, on the trials and tribulations of being an African musician in New York City
In the time of xenophobia
The writer’s discomfort with being South African in Zimbabwe; something he eventually has to come to terms with.
Angolan Cinemas: Past and Present Tense
Cultural spaces and historic patrimony have not fared well during Angola’s post-war reconstruction and development.
Why am I insulted when people mistake me for a samba dancer?
Let me give you some snippets of what it is like to be black in Brazil: A